Found a great write up on this: http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/friday-flower-krameria-lanceolata/ In summary: The flowers produce not nectar, but fatty oils. Apparently bees of the genus Centris use the oils and pollen for their larvae. There are other oil producing plants as well! (who knew?) Also, these plants are "obligate semiparasites, forming haustoria on the roots of a broad range of host plants."
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Krameria Rhatany Ratany
Found a great write up on this: http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/friday-flower-krameria-lanceolata/ In summary: The flowers produce not nectar, but fatty oils. Apparently bees of the genus Centris use the oils and pollen for their larvae. There are other oil producing plants as well! (who knew?) Also, these plants are "obligate semiparasites, forming haustoria on the roots of a broad range of host plants."
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